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kingdom, as seen in His Resurrection and Ascension.

PSALM iii. _Domine, quid multiplicati?_

[Introit for Second Mass on Easter Day, in 1549 Prayer Book]

Christ's victory in His Resurrection over all His enemies; the
blessedness of His Church.

PSALM iv. _Cum invocarem_

The deliverance of Christ from the contradiction of sinners. The
Church's certainty of salvation in Christ, both in this life and in
that which is to come, contrasted with the doubts and uncertain riches
of the world.

[One of the Compline Psalms, in which the Christian commends himself to
sleep in Christ.]

PSALM v. _Verba mea auribus_

A Psalm illustrating the life of prayer, public and private; witnessing
to prayer and meditation as the source of inward strength and guidance,
both in the life of Christ and in that of His people, in the face of
this world's treachery and cruelty.

[One of the Psalms for the Dirge (whence it derives its name, ver. 8,
"Dirige"), referring to God's leading the departed soul through the
attacks of evil spirits to its rest in Him.]

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PSALM vi. _Domine, ne in furore_

Ash Wednesday, morning (Prayer Book)

The prayer of the human soul suffering the temporal punishments, bodily
and mental, of sin. Christ Himself endured these sufferings to the
utmost, not for Himself, but for His people, and in this sense it, with
the other penitential Psalms, may be called a Psalm of the Incarnation.

PSALM vii. _Domine, Deus meus_

The declaration of the Innocency of Christ against the persecution and
treachery of His enemies; His appeal to the Father's justice.

PSALM viii. _Domine, Dominus noster_

Heb. ii. Ascension Day, morning (Prayer Book)

The glory of God's Name (or revelation of Himself) in nature and in the
Incarnation. The triumph and universal empire of Christ as the Son of
Man, and the Second Adam.

PSALM ix. _Confitebor tibi_

Thanksgiving for the triumph of God's righteousness in Christ, which is
the pledge of the future destruction of all evil.

PSALM x. _Ut quid, Domine?_

Continues the thought of Ps. ix., and prays for the manifestation of
God's righteousness in Christ, {110} in view of the continuance of
evil, the apparent immunity of the wicked, and their unceasing warfare
against the Church.

PSALM xi. _In Domino confido_

A Psalm of the Passion of Christ; His faith in the Father's
righteousness, and in the ultimate overthrow of the wicked.